On
January 4, 1994 at 23h50, a man who was watching television
observes outside an orange light appearing to move to
and from. While approaching, the witness observes a luminous
conical [cone-shaped] form turning around its axis and
comprising of stripes of various colors on its circumference...
The witness then feels muscular contractions in his legs
and his lower back.

Witness drawing of the object.

Source:
GEIPAN (French government UFO program)

The
following is a brief summary of the case. The case is
from the files of the official French government UFO research
program GEIPAN (Group for the Study and Information of
Unidentified Aerospace Phenomenon), which is a part of
CNES, the French government space agency. The full report
and file on this case [in French language] is on the GEIPAN
website at http://www.cnes-geipan.fr/geipan. The case
has been classified as a 'Class D' case, which are the
unexplained cases in the GEIPAN files.

The
summary has been translated using automatic computer translation,
so it is not a perfect translation.

On
January 4, 1994 at 23h50, a man who was watching television
observes outside an orange light appearing to move to
and from. While approaching, the witness observes a luminous
conical [cone-shaped] form turning around its axis and
comprising of stripes of various colors on its circumference.
The form remains stationary and moves away suddenly very
quickly to become one luminous point before returning
slowly towards the house. The witness has the impression
of feeling observed [by the object], becomes afraid and
hides under the covers in his dark room. The phenomenon
is still there, the witness then hears a noise on the
ground outside and sees several regular flashes. At this
time, his small dog also becomes fearful and takes refuge
under the cover. The witness then feels muscular contractions
in his legs and his lower back. The whole of the observation
lasted several minutes, the episode of the room itself
being estimated at 3 to 4 minutes. The witness was very
shocked by his experience, which did not receive any explanation.